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I remember as a kid me and my dad ran into a character of sorts around Gregory's Bald in the park. He told us that the pod or off white gauze like part of a Flame Azalea was edible and a fair source of water. They didn't taste too bad and I reckon a good thing to remember in a pinch.

BTW sounds like two parents and two little kids were lucky a week or so ago on Roan Mountain. The kids about 6 & 8 were lost overnight and found OK the next morning.

My long trip hiking days are over. I wouldn't make it on a hike up a mountain and back now with my feet and you has about 15 years on me in age. You do good :>}

14 posted on 07/04/2009 9:41:29 PM PDT by cva66snipe (Two Choices left for U.S. One Nation Under GOD or One Nation Under Judgement? Which one say ye?)

Thanks for the ping bert. Very nice article. We sure do live in a beautiful place don’t we? We went to Backbone Rock today to visit our son and family who were camping there. I snuck up on them while he and the girls were crawdad catching in the creek. I love jumping in a particular deep pool of icy water in the creek near a waterfall. It was too cool to do that today though. Damascus was bustling with activity as usual.

16 posted on 07/04/2009 10:49:17 PM PDT by NellieMae (Here...... common sense,common sense,common sense,where'd ya go... common sense......)